Recent Makeup Favorites
Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 | 80 Comments
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- Paul & Joe Pressed Powder - Cinnamon
- Candy Doll highlighter - marshmallow purple
- NARS Blush - Orgasm
- Clinique acne Solutions Concealer - 01
- Clinique Airbrush Concealer - Neutral Fair
- Hourglass - Veil Mineral Primer
- Paul & Joe Eye Color - Siamese Please
- Urban Decay Eye Primer Potion
- Shu Uemura Double End Eye Crayon
- Fits Pink Brown Mascara
- Benefit Eye Bright
- Sephora Collection Retractable Brow Pencil - Honey Blonde
- Kate Designing Eyebrow N
Thought I’d post my current new & favorite makeup items. Lately I’m using these items the most. It’s a simple and fast look, so I like it for the work-week. It also incorporates all my newest purchases for spring. There’s no liquid liner, no falsies,… no lipstick even (though I did apply a semi-clear pink gloss.) So it’s just a fresh, easy look. I’ve sort of been doing Rinka-inspired makeup lately. Rinka tends to stick to a bright fresh face look.
A few items I never really blogged about.
Benefit’s Eye Bright
I’ll start with Benefit’s Eye Bright since I had a few people ask about it. I just picked it up Saturday. So far I like it. 
I usually used the white glitter shadow in my Kate dual carat palette for the inner corners of my eyes; but I tossed it. I had it for a while and was hitting pan. 
On a whim I bought Eye Bright. I like how it’s more subtle but also better at brightening up my bottom waterline. But because it’s a cream it does tend to crease after a few hours if I line under my bottom lashes. However it works great just on the inner corners and lasts longer than using eyeshadow. I’ve only had it for a few days so I haven’t tried it in other ways just yet. I’m happy with it but wouldn’t call it a holy grail item for me. 
Probably wouldn’t re-buy.
Shu Uemura’s Double End Eye Crayon
Another fat pencil purchase I made was Shu Uemura’s Double End Eye Crayon from their celestial garden spring mode collection! The shades are misty brown & earthy brown.
LOVE. #forevernoregrets
I like the more taupe “misty brown” for lining my bottom outer eye corner. It’s subtle but still adds some depth. The “earthy brown” is a pretty great shade too. It’s lighter than my Dolly Wink brown pencil liner but darker than my SANA Hazel crayon liner! I was worried about having repeating brown liners but thankfully instead I now have 4 varying shades of brown pencil liners 
Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer
Got this at Christmas Karme! LOVE IT! 
I’ve found my primer!! holy grail holy grail. 
My biggest issue with all the primers I tried in the past were that they’d cause me acne. Even ones meant for sensitive skin like Smashbox’s Photo Finish Light. 
But this one by Hourglass I’ve been using for 2 months now and I can say with certainty that it doesn’t break me out. It’s also a fantastic primer. Definitely can tell a difference, not just with applying my makeup, but how it looks 8+ hours later.
I will re-buy it forever.
Nars Orgasm Blush
I needed a more subtle and natural shade in my blush collection of bright pinks and bold oranges. So I finally bought the de Facto blush;
Nars in the shade Orgasm.
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